Railway



(o Model.) v R. M. HUNTER.-

RAILWAY.

No. 382,470. "Patented May 8, 1888-. l'

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RUDOLPH M. HUNTER, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNOR TO THE TAYLOR METALLIO RAILWAY TIE COMPANY, OE NEW JERsEY.

RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming partez Letters Patent N o. 382,470, datedMay 8,1888, i Application fiied August 9,1837. Serial NIO. 246,385. (No Inndel.l 'I

To LZZ whom it.. may concern:

w Be it known that I, RUDOLPH M. HUNTER,

. of the city and -countyof Philadelphia, and

State of Pennsylvania, have invented an ImprOveInent in Railways,of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to railways, and it consists in certain improvements, all of which are fully set forth in thefollowingspeci- IO tication and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form partthereof. A f

The object of Iny invention is to forinasimple, cheap, and durable cross-tie and chair for railways. Many devices have been designed I5 for thispurpose, but in most instances they lack that simplicity soimportant to a Inechanical construction of this kind. My aim has been to form the parts so that they interlock and produce a rigid structure without rivets, 2O bolts, wedges, keys, or any parts not directly l integral with the chairs or cross bars orties.

In carrying out my inventionI form a chair, preferably made of stamped sheet metal, having a central slot and two lugs for grasping z5 the anges of the rail,said lugs being arranged one oneach side of'the slot and pointing in opposite directions, so as to tit over a flange on each side of the rail. This chair is placed under the rail sothat the rail sets down between the lugs, and the chair is thenturned, and thereby the lugs are caused to pass above the flange ofthe rail and lock it to the chair. This and a similar chair under the other rail are then tiedtogether by a cross bar or tie, which passes through the slots and is selflocked therein, and in such position prevents the turning or twisting of the chairs back to such a position as to unlock the-rails.' From this it will be observed that the construction consists of simply the two chairs and cross-tie, each of which parts is simple and of one integral piece.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a crosssection on line :v c through a railway embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the chairs. Fig. At is an elevation of the tie-bar. Fig. '5 is a modified form of chair. Fig. 6 is a per spective view with part broken away, showing a modification in which a cross-tie bar is used on its face instead ofon its edge; and Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of a modified form of chair and cross tie.

A represents the chairs, which consist of the top part, B, having the two lateral downwardlyextending legs b. This chair has the slot C across its top, which extends down, as at c c', partwayintothelegsb. ,Ithasalsothetwolugs' D, which are preferably stamped up from the sheet metal making the. chair and point in op- 6o posite directions, with sufficient room between them to allow the rail to pass, so as to rest upon the top B of the chair. The shoe is placed diagonally under the rail and then turned so as to make the lugs D D tit over the two flanges e of the rail A, in which position the slot C is at right angles to the rail. Another shoe is ,placed under the other rail in the same way, and then the cross-tie Fl has its ends placed through the slots C of the two 7o chairs, and they are thus prevented from turn* ing so as to release the rails. To lock the chairs againstspreadiug, I notch the cross-tie F at f, near each end, which receives the edge H ot' the slot part c on the inside, the end of the'tie 75 lpassing through the other part,c,of the slot C,

as shown in Figs. l and 2. Thelast-mentioned slot, c', should be deeper than the first-mentioned slot, as it has a greater vertical depth of tie F to receive, owing to there'beingfno `8o notch f, but to allow both slots to be of substantially the same depth it is sirnply'necessary tocut down the ends of the vcross'tie, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 4.

In place of making the chairs of stamped metal, they may be made of castings, asv indicated in Fig. 5.

' While the cross tie has' been shown as placed on edge, it is not to be understood as being necessary, as it might be placed down upon 9o its.face,*as shownin Fig. 6, and in which bends in the bar or tie'act as the lockingnotches. h y y In Fig. 7 is shown a construction in which the crosstie is notched upon its upper edge, as at I, so as to form a lock o n therail Aitself, in which case the notch f might be dispensed with. The slot c' is shown deep, so as to allow tilting Ot' theshoe until the tie is inserted into right position.

slot, in combination with a crosstie made of av Hat bar turned on edge,connecting said chairs, and extending through the slots therein to prevent them from turning.

2. The two parallel rails and two chairs, each having clampinglugs to grip the flanges of the rail upon being turned, and a transverse slot, in combination with a cross-tie connecting said chairs, having notched ends to lock it to the chairs, and extending through the slots therein to prevent them from turning.

3. The two parallel rails and two chairs, each having clamping-lugs to grip the flanges of the rail upon being turned, and a transverse slot, in combination with a cross-tie connecting said chairs, having notched ends to receive the Bange of the rail, and extending through the slots therein to prevent them from turning.

4. The two parallel rails and two chairs, cach having clamping-lugs to grip the flanges of the rail upon being turned, and a transverse slot, in combination with a cross-tie connecting said chairs, having notched ends to receive the iiange of the rail and also the edge of the slot of the chair to lock it to said rail and chair, and extending through the slots therein to prevent them from turning.

5. A railway-chair having two lugs, D D, pointing in opposite directions and separated a distance at least equal to the width of the rail-flanges, and a transverse slot, C, across the chair between thelugs and opening through n the top of the chair.

6. A railway-chair having two lugs, D D,

pointing in opposite directions and separated a distance at least equal to the width of the rail-flanges, and atransverse slot, C, across the chair between the lugs, in combination with the rail and cross-tie F, having notches f to lock the said tie to the chair.

7. A railwaychair having two lugs, D D, pointing in opposite directions and separated a distance at least equal to the width' of the rail-anges, and a transverse slot, C, across the chair between the lugs, in combination with the rail and cross-tie F, having notch f to lock said tie to the rail and chair.

8. Arailway-chair formed of sheet metal and having the upper face and lateral legs, and provided with holding-lugs for the rail, pointing in opposite directions and stamped from the saine pieceof sheet metal, and also provided with a slot at right angles to the direction of the rail when laid upon the chair.

9. The railway-chair consisting of the top part, B, having lugs D D, pointing in opposite directions and of line, so as to fit over the raiLlange, the side legs, b b, andthe slots C c c', in which the slot part c' is deeper than part c.

10. rlbe combination of two parallel rails with two chairs, each having two lugs for titting over the rail-flange when the chair is turned, and two legs, oneon each side of the rail, said chair being slotted in its top and down into the legs to forni two widely-separated bearings in each chair, and a cross-tie formed of metal and adapted to fit down into the slots to prevent the chairs from turning and unite two chairs of which one is under each rail.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

RUDOLPHv M. H UNTER.

Witnesses:

R101-ID. S. CHILD, Jr., E. M. BRECKINREED. 

